Andrew D. Pearle, MD
Dr. Andrew D. Pearle is an Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery, specializing in Sports Medicine. He is an Assistant Team Physician for the New York Mets. Dr. Pearle's clinical interests include arthroscopic and computer aided surgery of the shoulder, knee, and ankle.
A graduate of Amherst College and Stanford Medical School, Dr. Andrew Pearle completed training in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery. During his residency, he traveled to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem during the height of the intifada to assist in the care of terror victims. While participating in this care, Dr. Pearle was inspired by the pioneering use of computer assisted surgery (CAS) at Hadassah. "Hadassah surgeons modified Computer Assisted Surgery tools designed for the spine, and applied the technology to remove shrapnel," he recalls.
Dr. Pearle was recruited as an attending orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and was selected to found and develop one of the first Computer Assisted Surgery programs in the United States. Computer Assisted Surgery uses navigation which is like a "GPS for orthopedic surgery," says Dr. Pearle, who is conducting research to bring these techniques from bench to bedside. He has now performed more types of computer assisted procedures than any orthopedic surgeon in the country.
"Computer Assisted Surgery is a set of tools that can make distinctions that the human eye cannot," said Dr. Pearle. "These techniques improve a surgeon's precision. The job now is to refine these techniques and prove that this precision translates into better patient outcomes."
In addition to his responsibilities at HSS, Dr. Pearle is a team physician for the New York Mets and head team physician for the Brooklyn Cyclones.
Appointments
Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Clinical Director, Computer Assisted Surgery Center, Hospital for Special Surgery
Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery
Subspecialty
Shoulder, Sports Medicine
State Licensure
New York
Education
BA, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Internship
New York Presbyterian, General Surgery, New York, USA
Residency
Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, New York, USA
Fellowship
Hospital for Special Surgery, Shoulder and Sports Medicine, New York, USA
Hadassah Hospital, AO Trauma Fellowship, Jerusalem, Israel
Andrew D. Pearle, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:
For Professionals
Special Expertise
Computer Assisted and Robotic Surgery
Shoulder, Knee, Elbow, and Ankle Arthroscopy
Joint Replacement of the Knee, Shoulder, and Hip
Early Arthritis of the Knee, Shoulder, and Ankle
Throwing athlete
Research Interests
Computer Assisted and Robotic Techniques in Sports, Trauma, and Joint Replacement Surgery, Mechanisms of Early Arthritis, Synthetic Meniscal Replacement, Augmentation of Rotator Cuff Healing
Awards
AO Computer Assisted Surgery Working Group of North America, 2005
OREF Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgery Career Development Award, 2005
Lewis Clark Wagner Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research, 2004
Distinguished Housestaff Award, 2002
OREF Resident Research Grant, 2002
Affiliations
Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery – International (CAOS-International), Member
Orthopedic Research Society, Associate
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Member
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Member
Selected Publications
PEARLE AD, Solomon DJ, Wanich T, Moreau-Gaudry A, Granchi C, Wickiewicz TL, Warren RF. Reliability of Navigated Knee Stability Examination: A Cadaveric Evaluation Am J Sports Med. 2007
Voos JE, PEARLE AD, Mattern CJ, Cordasco FA, Allen AA, Waren RF. Outcomes of Combined Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff and Labral Repair. Am J Sports Med 2007
Kendoff D. Citak M. PEARLE A, Gardner MJ, Hankemeier S, Krettek C, Hufner T. Influence of lower limb rotation in navigated alignment analysis: implications for high tibial osteotomies. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2007
Citak M, Kendoff D, Kfuri M Jr., PEARLE A, Krettek C, Hufner T. Accuracy analysis of Iso-C3D versus fluoroscopy-based navigated retrograde drilling of osteochondral lesions: a pilot study. J Bone Joint Surg Br 2007 89(3): 323-6
PEARLE AD, Crow M, Rakshit D, Wohlegmuth J, Nestor B. DNA Microarray analysis of inflammatory pathway activation in mononuclear cells stimulated by particles. CORR 2007 Jan 11
PEARLE AD, Scanzello CR, George S, Mandl LA, DiCarlo EF, Peterson M, Crow MK, Sculco TP. Elevated High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels are Associated with Local Inflammatory Findings in Patients with Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2006
PEARLE AD, Kelly BT, Voos, JE, Chehab E, Warren RF. Surgical technique and anatomic study of latissimus dorsi and teres major transfers. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2006; 88(7): 1524-31
Kelly BT, Potter HG, Deng X, PEARLE AD, Turner AS, Warren RF, Rodeo SA. Meniscal allograft transplantation in the Sheep Knee: Evaluation of Chondroprotective Effects Am J Sports Med 2006; 1-14
PEARLE AD, Warren RF, Rodeo SA. Basic Science of Articular Cartilage and OA. Clinics in Sports Medicine 2005:24(1):1-12.
PEARLE AD, Bates JE, Tolo ET, and Windsor RE. Clostridium infection in a knee extensor mechanism allograft: case report and review. The Knee 2003; 10: 149-153.
PEARLE AD and Sculco TP. Technique for fabrication of an antibiotic loaded cement hemiarthroplasty (ANTILOCH) component in infected total hip arthroplasty. Am J Orthop 2002; 31(7): 425-7.
PEARLE AD, Daniel BL, Bergman AG, Beaulieu CF, Lang P, Dumoulin CL, Darrow RD, Norbash AM, Napper CL, Hurtak W, Butts K. Joint motion in an open MR unit using MR tracking. J Magn Reson Imaging. 1999 Jul;10(1):8-14.
For more publications, please see the
PubMed listing.
Clinical Trials
Specialized Centers
Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS) Center
